ALSF Childhood Cancer Research Grants
With your support, we have been able to fund outstanding research, leading toward cures and improved quality of life for children with cancer. Browse through more than 1,500 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
| Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) |
Grant Type |
Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of a Screening Module to Assess Sibling-Related Psychosocial Risk in Families of Children with Cancer | Boston University / Kristin Long, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2014 | Massachusetts |
| Symptom Burden, Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Care Utilization Among Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Impact of Parent Sleep, Fatigue and Psychological Distress | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jessica Ward, PhD | Nurse Researcher Fellowship Grant | 2017 | California |
| Molecular Signature of Inflammation | Medical College of Wisconsin / Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Wisconsin |
| Inflammatory Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Peter J. Murray, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Tennessee |
| Phase II Trial of Poly-ICLC in Pediatric Low Grade Gliomas | University of California, San Diego / Donald Durden, MD, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | California |
| Develop a Therapeutic Vaccine Approach by Removing Viral Immune Evasion | University of California, Los Angeles / Ren Sun, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | California |
| Theranostics in Children and Young Adults | University of Iowa / Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Iowa |
| Improving Thymus Function by RB Inactivation | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Julien Sage, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2012 | California |
| Modeling Genetic Modifiers of Down Syndrome Leukemogenesis | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Stella T. Chou, MD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
| STAT3 Signaling Profiles Predict Response to Chemotherapy in Pediatric AML | Baylor College of Medicine / Michele Redell, M.D./Ph.D. | Springboard Grants | 2014 | Texas |